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DIRECT PLATING: A METHOD FOR DETECTING FUNGAL CONTAMINATION IN PAPERBOARD CARTONS
Ist Teil von
Journal of food safety, 2001-11, Vol.21 (3), p.141-151
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Wiley Online Library
Beschreibungen/Notizen
ABSTRACT
Contamination of refrigerated juice products in gable‐top cartons can occur by filamentous fungi that are present in the paperboard. A method was developed to assay the mycoflora of paperboard carton material used in beverage packaging. This method involved direct plating on an agar surface of 1 cm2 carton pieces rather than disintegration of carton material in a blender prior to plating. When compared to the standard disintegration method traditionally used for monitoring contamination of paperboard, the new method is less cumbersome, more efficient, and reduces opportunities for contamination. The number of colonies produced by the direct plating method was greater than or equal to the modified standard disintegration method. Direct plating also resulted in a larger number of different genera isolated.